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How can I filter messages that do NOT contain a specific word in the subject?

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coldestbeerintown
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I want to do the opposite of what filtering normally does. I want to filter out messages that do not contain a word or a string. For example, I want to display emails that do not contain the word "meeting" in the subject. Is this possible? If so, how can it be done?

I want to do the opposite of what filtering normally does. I want to filter out messages that do not contain a word or a string. For example, I want to display emails that do not contain the word "meeting" in the subject. Is this possible? If so, how can it be done?

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alta88
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It's not built in. The TotalQuickFilter extension allows NOT and lots of other filter features: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/totalquickfilter/